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Chicago examiner vol xiii no 36 a m.w c â€¢ â€¢ sunday Chicago march 9 1913 sunday price five cents american shot during battle 2,000 coahuila rebels routed wore than 100 u s citizens m peril m attack upon garrison at nacozari maderistas cap ture northwest part of nation wilson holds troops and war ships ready as huerta threat ens break with diaz all mexico on verge of volcano bolglas ariz march b fighting lias been m progress at nacozari seventy miles south of here since early morning pedro bracamonto with 800 nationalists attacked the garrison at nacozari con taining about ioo federals the federal commander sent a message to bracamonto eking leave to withdraw to aqua prieta this was refused the nationalist com mander replying that he would force a fight john h williams jr manager of the montezuma copper company owned by the phelps-dodge compauy of new york was the only american injured he was \ shot m the leg early iv the day and his condition was reported serious there re about 100 americans including sev eral women m the town telegraph wires cut shortly before the wires were cut at mr4s this afternoon it was reported that two persons had been killed and seven wound ed ln the federal garrison general ojeda commanding this district received orders today from president hu erta lo withdraw all garrisons m north western sonora including aqua i'rietn ed tlgre naco frouteras and nogales and move them toward hermosillo to co-oper ate with the forcer from sinaloa the trength is given at 600 the maderistas now hold undisputed sway in the northwest no orders have been received concern ing the garrison of 400 at cananea cowboys plan invasion general ojeda stopped all train service from the south fearing the maderistas would capture the train and take aqua prieta there is much talk m douglas and iv blsbee this afternoon of organizing an rmy of miners and cowboys to go to the relief of nacozari and its american resi dents who number about 300 colonel gnllfoyte of tho ninth united states cav alry will do what he can to discourage tke invasion and has m the nicautime dvlsed washington of the situation and waits instructions coahuila rebels routed special cable to the examiner mexico city march b news reached here late this afteruoon that general car tÂ»tua the rebel leader m the state of coehulla had suffered absolute defeat near anholo early this morning the 000 rebel midlers were dispersed and the survivors te ln flight there were 6,000 federals engaged iv the battle the losses included twenty-six federals hilled nnd eleven wounded and thirty three rebels killed the rebel forces have hen back on bajan thirty miles to the berth the battle began at daybreak yesterday oeased for a time during the night and was resumed early this morning carranza's forces numbered over 000 cf the best fighting men m the country well equipped with rifles ammunition and horses opposed to them were nearly 6,000 at the best federal troops under generals ucy aubert and micr agumedo a former rebel chief it is not yet known whether carranza has beeu captured the result of this battle will it is believed tend lo halt the present secession movement m the north ern suites with carranza out of the way lt will be much easier to quell the upris ing it is expected that the next bal tie of importance will take place m sonora where 1,000 state troops together with almost as many more rebel allies are mo bilizing to meet tlie attack of the 6,500 federals which president huerta lias or dered to that state huerta opposes diaz the hesitant policy of the government tn dealing with emaneuloa nnd pedro zapata under which a peace commission tias been sent to confer with the rebel leaders is being strongly criticised the strenuous campaign against the northern rebels is warmly applauded on all sides and it is a matter of wonder ti the same measures are not taken through the southern part of mexico the opinion prevails here largely that the existing relations between president huerta and general diaz are not of the best und there is imminent danger of their becoming strained to the breaking point blind singer stops theater fire panic saves women and children when his cool example shames men rushing to safety worcester mass march b to the courage and calmness of edward bradley a blind singer is largely due tho fact that ' not a person was injured when the fleas ; ant theater was set ou fire by the ex ! plosion of a film to-night eully 500 peo j pie many of them women and children j were iv the house there was a rush for the exits bradley took his stand m the middle of the stage tuke your time all the men m the audience remember that you are men i am a blind man and cannot see to get ont jet lam not afraid why should you be he shouted lincoln and buchanan pew assigned wilson president will attend new york aye i nue presbyterian church for first tim e m official capacity to-day j washington march s â€” president j wilsou will attend the new york avenue j presbyterian church the pew which presi i dents lincoln and buchanan occupied hav | iug been assigned to him it will be oc ! cupied by the new presideut for the first ! time to-morrow dr wallace radliffe i pastor of the new york avenue church has been a personal friend of president i wilson for many years other presidents who have worshiped in j this church were andrew jackson john quincy adams william heury harrison millard fillmore james isirhauan and at re ham lincoln the church is iv the heart of the city and not over five minutes walk from the white house presidents roosevelt and mcki.'.iey were fond of walking to church president Taft almost invariably rode it is supposed that mr wilson's demo cratic simplicity will load him to the church on foot each sun-lay morning hen i the weather is favorable j p morgan too ill to visit kitchener uew yor financier's party will leave cairo monday mrs shep ard visits american mission special cable to the examiner cairo march s owing to his uncer tain state of health j pierpout morgan abstained from his usual visit to the khe dive and to lord kitchener but sent his cards instead monday morning the morgan party with dr bastianclli and a nurse will leave cairo on a special train sailing at 3 o'clock from alexandria another special train will convey him to rome immedi ately after the adriatic's arrival at naples thursday morning special cable ta the examiner cairo march b mrs flnley j shep ard visited the american mission to-day and was received by dr watson after inspecting the school she left promising further aid refit portsmouth as grift to california navy officials will begin rebuilding of old ship which captured san francisco washington march b the navy de partment will proceed at once to put the old wooden sailing ship portsmouth m commission to be sent to sau francisco as a gift to the state of california the portsmouth is now at the norfolk navy yard secretary daniels says that she will require considerable repairs be fore going to sea the portsmouth was built at kittery me m 1813 and her first cruise was to the pacific under command of commander j b montgomery on july 9 1846 she captured sun francisco from the te i leans she cruised ln african waters slopping tin slave trade sailed m asiatic j waters and lastly was with farragut when the mississippi forts were passed and | new orleans taken during the civil war Taft and lauder in match battle over golf game while all augusta cheers them augusta ga march 9 a1l augusta was ou the links to-day to see the match game between harry lauder and ex-presi dent william h Taft society maids and matrons were present m gala attire brightening the green with gay colors business men closed their shops and citi zens who don't know a golf ball from a pigskin all turned out to see the match the stage had a full representation to cheer for lauder when he made a long drive or a good putt good old fashioned south ern democrats united m cheers when the republican ex-president scored a point on lauder it was a hard and close match from start to finish and mr Taft used his handkerchief constantly to mop his perspiring brow Taft and lauder shook ! hands after the game was over and the , crÂ«wo eieeisd louolfr m i mrs rawn wins insurance suit in husband's death . missouri courts refuse to recog nize suicide clause shoot ing not cleared - widow to get 15,661 six of ten companies sued settle claims for amounts aggregate of 70,000 mrs florence w rawn widow of ira g rawn of winnetka former head of the monon railroad was awarded the full amount ol her husband's life insuranco policy iv the pacific mutual life insurance company m the circuit court at st louis yesterday the pacific mutual policy call ing for 13,061.38 was one of the claims against ten companies which carried insur ance of mr rawn at the time of his mys terious death at his home on the night of july 29 1910 the contention of the police m the rawu death was that the railroad man had committed suicide to prevent exposure ot certain manipulations of Illinois central railroad funds the family declared that mr rawn had been shot by an early morn ing burglar whom he attempted to catch the verdict of the coroner's jury on the case left the discussion open the insurance companies basing their fight on the supposed suicide started to fight the collection of the insurance by the widow later six of the ten companies involved settled their claims out of court for amounts aggregating 70,000 mrs rawn first filed suits m the circuit court of cook county and when the insur ance companies gave evidence of fighting the claims duplicated the suits m st | louis where the missouri state law re i fuses to recognize the suicide clause ln insurance policies later mrs rawn ob tained a court ruling which declared that the cases should be tried m st louis the law firm of runnels burry & john stone represented mrs rawn m her suits edwakd hillman merchant prince secretary of hillman's state street store who testified yesterday before the Illinois senate white slave committee and miss mande j c josphare who taking em ployment m a nnmber of loop department stores obtained evidence of working girls conditions for the committee below is a general scene of the committee m session mr hillman is shown testifying white house baby in love with monkeys zoo keepers put animals through their paces while wilson's kin crows with delight washington march b the presi dent and mrs wilson made their first public appearance here socially to-uight whi'ii rhoy were the guests of mr and mrs william mcc wilson at a double box party at the xew national theater owing to instructions sent to the thea ter the usual flag drapery of the presi dent's box was taken dow t n and for the first time m the memory of the wash ington public the band did not play the star-spangled banner on the entrance of the chief executive the wilson girls visited the zoo m com pany with mrs perm cothrau and baby joe the latter has taken a fancy to the monkeys and to-day the keepers put the monkeys through their paces for the white house baby who crowed with de light but clung close to cousin eleanor whose special pet she is miss eleanor wilsou spent some time at the corcoran museum this morning study ing the works of art diaz goes to alexandria former mexican president takes leave of khedive aiiio march b poi'firio diaz took his leave of the khedive to-day he is leav ing to-morrow making the trip to alex ria Â«_ tie khedive's special train mecall publishing co workers get 100,000 former head of concern makes gift of huge sum to old employes new york march b one hundred thousand dollars m gifts to his old em ployes m the mecall publishing compauy was the testimonial of james h ottley former president of the concern to their loyalty and industry the huge sum was divided to-day each employe getting a proportionate share reckoned upon the size of his salary there are ouly two men at present with the firm who were there when mr ottley took charge nineteen years ago but many others have been m its employ from five to ten years in his letter to each recipient of his bounty the former president said i appreciate the fidelity thought and labor that many of those long associated with me have contributed m the upbuild ing of the mcc'all company and i desire to show some expression of this feeling i hope you get as much pleasure out of this remittance as i do m making it signed sincerely your friend james h ottley three u s marines killed two officers and private victims of wreck m nicaragua washington march b three ameri can marines sergeant charles a norton corporal theo d roberts and private ernest johnson were killed in a railroad collision near xagarote nicaragua yes terday according to dispatches to the state department to-day from minister weitzel the detachment was under command of captain edward a green wiio was among those inj-r-h ,_ ..,_ hillman's leases new addition to store building at southwest corner of state and washington streets to be remodeled for concern hillman's department store yesterday concluded negotiations which will give the store the lease of the corner occupied by the central drag company on the southwest corner of state and was-hlugton on a long term contract within the next few weeks the drag company's premises will be remodeled and connected with the hillman store this will give hillman's the entire 185-foot state street frontage from washington street to calhoun place with 205 feet on both washington street and calhoun place the present ground occupied by hill man's store was secured two years ago by lease by the owners of the boston btore the hillman lense expires decem ber 31 1020 the consideration of the lease on the newly acquired corner was not given ont 1 for new u s warship will citizen please call for it this task is up to congress the examiner acknowledges the receipt of 1 from a citizen as a starter of a fund to build a bnttleshio for uncle sana by popular subscription the examiner deeply appreciates the patriotic impulse back of a citizens donation but the exaurner regrets that it cannot undertake the hk of raising such a subscription fund nor can it undertake to do the work that legitimately devolves upon the demo cratic congress a citizen is requested to please call on the editor m order tiiat is__u_r n_f ; b rÂ«tÂ«r_e to l small wages and mashers chief causes of enslaving shop girls says hillman store head tells commission that 8 a week is the lowest pay on which woman can live respect able life unless residing at home glenn admits his attack was without foundation -. manufacturers association secretary under fire says article question ing integrity of commission was based only on indefinite rumors prominent cliicago merchants who have not already appeared before the senate commission on white slavery will be examined at two sessions to-morrow members of the commission m executive session yesterday after noon decided that monday's meetings shall be devoted exclusively to the testimony of officials of the big stores who have been waiting for two days to answer their subpoenas only one session was held yesterday edward hillman general manager of the department store that bears the name of hillman's declared that low wages is one of the chief contrib utory causes to the fall of women and he named 8 as the minimum upon which a girl might support herself comfortably john m glenn secretary of the Illinois manufacturers association with which julius rosenwald has been prominently identified was forced to admit that an attack on the integrity of the commission published m his paper * the manufacturer's news was the ere lation of prejudice aad not based on fact cuts sorry figure mr glenn cut a sorry figure on the witness stand and at one period m the proceedings darted toward the door m an effort to escape but was recalled before he could disappear , one of mr glenn's naive admis sions was that seme of the members of the manufacturers association were opposed to the trend of the in quiry another was that he had lived on 5 a week himself and could do it j again if he had to and he thought a woman might live properly on the same amount edwin f mandel president ot mandel bros who was examined on friday went on record m a letter to the commission that the firm had fixed 4 as a minimum wage for be ginners instead of 3 and that m the future they would make a careful ex amination of the affiliations of each girl who applied for a position so as to be sure that she lived at homo asks books inspected james simpson vice president of marshall field _ co se i an invita tion to the commission _ nspect the books of the corporation o as to see the profit of the firm last year or any other year he insii rd m hla letter as he did upon the stand on â€¢ friday afternoon that the figures were not a public matter ami should not be published the commission will take this question up to-morrow morning lieutenant governor o'hara said he for one is strongly opposed to any compromise this commission is the people's com m mission he said and i feel the pablio v ls entitled to all the information 1 one girl victim of white slavers wai examined by the commission yesterday she told how she had been brought hera by a man who expected her to give huu 20 a day and when she failed t do so he beat her until at last she left him and he was sent to the bridewell in the executive session the commission took up the death of edna ruth prleder ickson aged sixteen who died yesterday as the result of an operation paid 2 a week the girl had been employod as a candy dipper in the factory of le6sarls bros she was paid 2 a week and had to con tribute something toward the support ot her mother a girl friend took her to dreamland and now the coroner is seek ing to fix the blame for her death edward hillman the first witness exam ined yesterday met the commission httt way on every proposition he declared _Â»â€¢ suggestion that an investigator should be employed to hunt up the girls who applied for positions and see that they wer prop erly cared for at home and able to live upon tholr salaries a capital idea and one that he would be delighted to adopt â– at the outset he was asked the vital i question jj jart <_ i'm mm^i " a m back broken rides 1,000 miles in a box given up as hopeless injured man is shipped on train to mayo hospital minneapolis minn march b.â€”com pleting a journey of nearly 1,000 miles being bound m a box because of a broken back eugene thayer of assinibola sask arrived ln st paul last night to-day concluded his strange journey to the mayo hospital thayer sustained a broken back just above the hips as the result of a fall his c.ise was pronounced hopeless by the surgeons at moose jaw but his brother hoy believes he still has a chance and so started for the mayos the trip was made m a specially ar ranged baggage car with the patient strapped on a box to prevent jarring pope improves but specialist is called ' special cable to ua examiner rome march b a slight improvement ln the pope's condition js announced to night but dr marcbiafava has been sum moned to home to hold a consultation to morrow the osservatore romano the vatican organ publishes the following the holy father being indisposed from a slight attack of la grippe and catarrh the usual audiences have been suspended it is said the attending physicians have detected slight symptoms of bronchitis fear is expressed that the pope's indis position will interfere with the easter celebrations although he expect to re sume i audience in * wesk ' continued on 4th p*ge 3d column this edition consists of l-mswb ' b fictiion *â€” ___â– _. lbaslja s spobts music i foreign 7 wast\_ds society real instate autos financial and s citt life markets drama b magazini 6 editorial b comics Chicago and vtÃŸtnrty gen ' " z,rs \ era y fa,p sunday and mon i_\j da y somewhat colder 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Chicago examiner vol xiii no 36 a m.w c â€¢ â€¢ sunday Chicago march 9 1913 sunday price five cents american shot during battle 2,000 coahuila rebels routed wore than 100 u s citizens m peril m attack upon garrison at nacozari maderistas cap ture northwest part of nation wilson holds troops and war ships ready as huerta threat ens break with diaz all mexico on verge of volcano bolglas ariz march b fighting lias been m progress at nacozari seventy miles south of here since early morning pedro bracamonto with 800 nationalists attacked the garrison at nacozari con taining about ioo federals the federal commander sent a message to bracamonto eking leave to withdraw to aqua prieta this was refused the nationalist com mander replying that he would force a fight john h williams jr manager of the montezuma copper company owned by the phelps-dodge compauy of new york was the only american injured he was \ shot m the leg early iv the day and his condition was reported serious there re about 100 americans including sev eral women m the town telegraph wires cut shortly before the wires were cut at mr4s this afternoon it was reported that two persons had been killed and seven wound ed ln the federal garrison general ojeda commanding this district received orders today from president hu erta lo withdraw all garrisons m north western sonora including aqua i'rietn ed tlgre naco frouteras and nogales and move them toward hermosillo to co-oper ate with the forcer from sinaloa the trength is given at 600 the maderistas now hold undisputed sway in the northwest no orders have been received concern ing the garrison of 400 at cananea cowboys plan invasion general ojeda stopped all train service from the south fearing the maderistas would capture the train and take aqua prieta there is much talk m douglas and iv blsbee this afternoon of organizing an rmy of miners and cowboys to go to the relief of nacozari and its american resi dents who number about 300 colonel gnllfoyte of tho ninth united states cav alry will do what he can to discourage tke invasion and has m the nicautime dvlsed washington of the situation and waits instructions coahuila rebels routed special cable to the examiner mexico city march b news reached here late this afteruoon that general car tÂ»tua the rebel leader m the state of coehulla had suffered absolute defeat near anholo early this morning the 000 rebel midlers were dispersed and the survivors te ln flight there were 6,000 federals engaged iv the battle the losses included twenty-six federals hilled nnd eleven wounded and thirty three rebels killed the rebel forces have hen back on bajan thirty miles to the berth the battle began at daybreak yesterday oeased for a time during the night and was resumed early this morning carranza's forces numbered over 000 cf the best fighting men m the country well equipped with rifles ammunition and horses opposed to them were nearly 6,000 at the best federal troops under generals ucy aubert and micr agumedo a former rebel chief it is not yet known whether carranza has beeu captured the result of this battle will it is believed tend lo halt the present secession movement m the north ern suites with carranza out of the way lt will be much easier to quell the upris ing it is expected that the next bal tie of importance will take place m sonora where 1,000 state troops together with almost as many more rebel allies are mo bilizing to meet tlie attack of the 6,500 federals which president huerta lias or dered to that state huerta opposes diaz the hesitant policy of the government tn dealing with emaneuloa nnd pedro zapata under which a peace commission tias been sent to confer with the rebel leaders is being strongly criticised the strenuous campaign against the northern rebels is warmly applauded on all sides and it is a matter of wonder ti the same measures are not taken through the southern part of mexico the opinion prevails here largely that the existing relations between president huerta and general diaz are not of the best und there is imminent danger of their becoming strained to the breaking point blind singer stops theater fire panic saves women and children when his cool example shames men rushing to safety worcester mass march b to the courage and calmness of edward bradley a blind singer is largely due tho fact that ' not a person was injured when the fleas ; ant theater was set ou fire by the ex ! plosion of a film to-night eully 500 peo j pie many of them women and children j were iv the house there was a rush for the exits bradley took his stand m the middle of the stage tuke your time all the men m the audience remember that you are men i am a blind man and cannot see to get ont jet lam not afraid why should you be he shouted lincoln and buchanan pew assigned wilson president will attend new york aye i nue presbyterian church for first tim e m official capacity to-day j washington march s â€” president j wilsou will attend the new york avenue j presbyterian church the pew which presi i dents lincoln and buchanan occupied hav | iug been assigned to him it will be oc ! cupied by the new presideut for the first ! time to-morrow dr wallace radliffe i pastor of the new york avenue church has been a personal friend of president i wilson for many years other presidents who have worshiped in j this church were andrew jackson john quincy adams william heury harrison millard fillmore james isirhauan and at re ham lincoln the church is iv the heart of the city and not over five minutes walk from the white house presidents roosevelt and mcki.'.iey were fond of walking to church president Taft almost invariably rode it is supposed that mr wilson's demo cratic simplicity will load him to the church on foot each sun-lay morning hen i the weather is favorable j p morgan too ill to visit kitchener uew yor financier's party will leave cairo monday mrs shep ard visits american mission special cable to the examiner cairo march s owing to his uncer tain state of health j pierpout morgan abstained from his usual visit to the khe dive and to lord kitchener but sent his cards instead monday morning the morgan party with dr bastianclli and a nurse will leave cairo on a special train sailing at 3 o'clock from alexandria another special train will convey him to rome immedi ately after the adriatic's arrival at naples thursday morning special cable ta the examiner cairo march b mrs flnley j shep ard visited the american mission to-day and was received by dr watson after inspecting the school she left promising further aid refit portsmouth as grift to california navy officials will begin rebuilding of old ship which captured san francisco washington march b the navy de partment will proceed at once to put the old wooden sailing ship portsmouth m commission to be sent to sau francisco as a gift to the state of california the portsmouth is now at the norfolk navy yard secretary daniels says that she will require considerable repairs be fore going to sea the portsmouth was built at kittery me m 1813 and her first cruise was to the pacific under command of commander j b montgomery on july 9 1846 she captured sun francisco from the te i leans she cruised ln african waters slopping tin slave trade sailed m asiatic j waters and lastly was with farragut when the mississippi forts were passed and | new orleans taken during the civil war Taft and lauder in match battle over golf game while all augusta cheers them augusta ga march 9 a1l augusta was ou the links to-day to see the match game between harry lauder and ex-presi dent william h Taft society maids and matrons were present m gala attire brightening the green with gay colors business men closed their shops and citi zens who don't know a golf ball from a pigskin all turned out to see the match the stage had a full representation to cheer for lauder when he made a long drive or a good putt good old fashioned south ern democrats united m cheers when the republican ex-president scored a point on lauder it was a hard and close match from start to finish and mr Taft used his handkerchief constantly to mop his perspiring brow Taft and lauder shook ! hands after the game was over and the , crÂ«wo eieeisd louolfr m i mrs rawn wins insurance suit in husband's death . missouri courts refuse to recog nize suicide clause shoot ing not cleared - widow to get 15,661 six of ten companies sued settle claims for amounts aggregate of 70,000 mrs florence w rawn widow of ira g rawn of winnetka former head of the monon railroad was awarded the full amount ol her husband's life insuranco policy iv the pacific mutual life insurance company m the circuit court at st louis yesterday the pacific mutual policy call ing for 13,061.38 was one of the claims against ten companies which carried insur ance of mr rawn at the time of his mys terious death at his home on the night of july 29 1910 the contention of the police m the rawu death was that the railroad man had committed suicide to prevent exposure ot certain manipulations of Illinois central railroad funds the family declared that mr rawn had been shot by an early morn ing burglar whom he attempted to catch the verdict of the coroner's jury on the case left the discussion open the insurance companies basing their fight on the supposed suicide started to fight the collection of the insurance by the widow later six of the ten companies involved settled their claims out of court for amounts aggregating 70,000 mrs rawn first filed suits m the circuit court of cook county and when the insur ance companies gave evidence of fighting the claims duplicated the suits m st | louis where the missouri state law re i fuses to recognize the suicide clause ln insurance policies later mrs rawn ob tained a court ruling which declared that the cases should be tried m st louis the law firm of runnels burry & john stone represented mrs rawn m her suits edwakd hillman merchant prince secretary of hillman's state street store who testified yesterday before the Illinois senate white slave committee and miss mande j c josphare who taking em ployment m a nnmber of loop department stores obtained evidence of working girls conditions for the committee below is a general scene of the committee m session mr hillman is shown testifying white house baby in love with monkeys zoo keepers put animals through their paces while wilson's kin crows with delight washington march b the presi dent and mrs wilson made their first public appearance here socially to-uight whi'ii rhoy were the guests of mr and mrs william mcc wilson at a double box party at the xew national theater owing to instructions sent to the thea ter the usual flag drapery of the presi dent's box was taken dow t n and for the first time m the memory of the wash ington public the band did not play the star-spangled banner on the entrance of the chief executive the wilson girls visited the zoo m com pany with mrs perm cothrau and baby joe the latter has taken a fancy to the monkeys and to-day the keepers put the monkeys through their paces for the white house baby who crowed with de light but clung close to cousin eleanor whose special pet she is miss eleanor wilsou spent some time at the corcoran museum this morning study ing the works of art diaz goes to alexandria former mexican president takes leave of khedive aiiio march b poi'firio diaz took his leave of the khedive to-day he is leav ing to-morrow making the trip to alex ria Â«_ tie khedive's special train mecall publishing co workers get 100,000 former head of concern makes gift of huge sum to old employes new york march b one hundred thousand dollars m gifts to his old em ployes m the mecall publishing compauy was the testimonial of james h ottley former president of the concern to their loyalty and industry the huge sum was divided to-day each employe getting a proportionate share reckoned upon the size of his salary there are ouly two men at present with the firm who were there when mr ottley took charge nineteen years ago but many others have been m its employ from five to ten years in his letter to each recipient of his bounty the former president said i appreciate the fidelity thought and labor that many of those long associated with me have contributed m the upbuild ing of the mcc'all company and i desire to show some expression of this feeling i hope you get as much pleasure out of this remittance as i do m making it signed sincerely your friend james h ottley three u s marines killed two officers and private victims of wreck m nicaragua washington march b three ameri can marines sergeant charles a norton corporal theo d roberts and private ernest johnson were killed in a railroad collision near xagarote nicaragua yes terday according to dispatches to the state department to-day from minister weitzel the detachment was under command of captain edward a green wiio was among those inj-r-h ,_ ..,_ hillman's leases new addition to store building at southwest corner of state and washington streets to be remodeled for concern hillman's department store yesterday concluded negotiations which will give the store the lease of the corner occupied by the central drag company on the southwest corner of state and was-hlugton on a long term contract within the next few weeks the drag company's premises will be remodeled and connected with the hillman store this will give hillman's the entire 185-foot state street frontage from washington street to calhoun place with 205 feet on both washington street and calhoun place the present ground occupied by hill man's store was secured two years ago by lease by the owners of the boston btore the hillman lense expires decem ber 31 1020 the consideration of the lease on the newly acquired corner was not given ont 1 for new u s warship will citizen please call for it this task is up to congress the examiner acknowledges the receipt of 1 from a citizen as a starter of a fund to build a bnttleshio for uncle sana by popular subscription the examiner deeply appreciates the patriotic impulse back of a citizens donation but the exaurner regrets that it cannot undertake the hk of raising such a subscription fund nor can it undertake to do the work that legitimately devolves upon the demo cratic congress a citizen is requested to please call on the editor m order tiiat is__u_r n_f ; b rÂ«tÂ«r_e to l small wages and mashers chief causes of enslaving shop girls says hillman store head tells commission that 8 a week is the lowest pay on which woman can live respect able life unless residing at home glenn admits his attack was without foundation -. manufacturers association secretary under fire says article question ing integrity of commission was based only on indefinite rumors prominent cliicago merchants who have not already appeared before the senate commission on white slavery will be examined at two sessions to-morrow members of the commission m executive session yesterday after noon decided that monday's meetings shall be devoted exclusively to the testimony of officials of the big stores who have been waiting for two days to answer their subpoenas only one session was held yesterday edward hillman general manager of the department store that bears the name of hillman's declared that low wages is one of the chief contrib utory causes to the fall of women and he named 8 as the minimum upon which a girl might support herself comfortably john m glenn secretary of the Illinois manufacturers association with which julius rosenwald has been prominently identified was forced to admit that an attack on the integrity of the commission published m his paper * the manufacturer's news was the ere lation of prejudice aad not based on fact cuts sorry figure mr glenn cut a sorry figure on the witness stand and at one period m the proceedings darted toward the door m an effort to escape but was recalled before he could disappear , one of mr glenn's naive admis sions was that seme of the members of the manufacturers association were opposed to the trend of the in quiry another was that he had lived on 5 a week himself and could do it j again if he had to and he thought a woman might live properly on the same amount edwin f mandel president ot mandel bros who was examined on friday went on record m a letter to the commission that the firm had fixed 4 as a minimum wage for be ginners instead of 3 and that m the future they would make a careful ex amination of the affiliations of each girl who applied for a position so as to be sure that she lived at homo asks books inspected james simpson vice president of marshall field _ co se i an invita tion to the commission _ nspect the books of the corporation o as to see the profit of the firm last year or any other year he insii rd m hla letter as he did upon the stand on â€¢ friday afternoon that the figures were not a public matter ami should not be published the commission will take this question up to-morrow morning lieutenant governor o'hara said he for one is strongly opposed to any compromise this commission is the people's com m mission he said and i feel the pablio v ls entitled to all the information 1 one girl victim of white slavers wai examined by the commission yesterday she told how she had been brought hera by a man who expected her to give huu 20 a day and when she failed t do so he beat her until at last she left him and he was sent to the bridewell in the executive session the commission took up the death of edna ruth prleder ickson aged sixteen who died yesterday as the result of an operation paid 2 a week the girl had been employod as a candy dipper in the factory of le6sarls bros she was paid 2 a week and had to con tribute something toward the support ot her mother a girl friend took her to dreamland and now the coroner is seek ing to fix the blame for her death edward hillman the first witness exam ined yesterday met the commission httt way on every proposition he declared _Â»â€¢ suggestion that an investigator should be employed to hunt up the girls who applied for positions and see that they wer prop erly cared for at home and able to live upon tholr salaries a capital idea and one that he would be delighted to adopt â– at the outset he was asked the vital i question jj jart